Various, Wah!, Superheaven, Zerra I, The Alarm, The Climb, Redskins, Billy Bragg, The Special AKA, Apocalypse, R.E.M., The Fire, Under Two Flags, The Reflections, The Icicle Works

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.